Physician global estimate in patients with RA and OA at four clinical sites: Liverpool Hospital, Rush University Medical Center, NYU Hospital for Joint Diseases and Ridley Park
| Liverpool Hospital | p | Rush University Medical Center* | p | NYU Hospital for Joint Diseases* | p | Ridley Park | p Value | |||||
| RA (n=64) | OA (n=55) | RA (n=173) | OA (n=199) | RA (n=145) | OA (n=173) | RA (n=149) | OA (n=202) | |||||
| RheuMetric: Physician global estimate | ||||||||||||
| DOCGL | 4 (2–5) | 5 (3–6) | 0.039 | 3.7 (2–5) | 4 (3.5–5) | 0.036 | 2.5 (1.5–3.5) | 2.5 (2–3.5) | 0.14 | 1 (0–2) | 2 (1–3) | <0.001 |
Values are median and IQR . p Values are by multivariate analysis of variance, adjusted for age, education level and disease duration (when available).
*Disease duration not available.
DOCGL, physician global estimate; OA, osteoarthritis; RA, rheumatoid arthritis.